Study for a Frontispiece
| Title | Study for a Frontispiece |
|---|---|
| Artist | Willem Pietersz Buytewech |
| Date | 1621 17th century |
| Medium | Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, and black chalk |
| Classification | Drawings |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and David T. Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Anonymous Gift, in memory of Frits Markus, and Mrs. Howard J. Barnet and Fifth Floor Foundation Gifts, 2002 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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